Lieutenant general Sun Chang-te, director of political warfare at the Naval Command, said Monday (July 6) that a comprehensive assessment of Friday’s marine training accident ruled out a human or mechanical error, while environmental factors, including increasingly strong and excessive swells, were identified as the main causes of this unfortunate incident.
The Navy was conducting a joint landing operation when a rubber boat carrying seven marines capsized near Taoziyuan Beach in Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, CNA reported.
Four marines were taken to Kaohsiung Armed Forces general Hospital in Zuoying, where three of them, Lance Corporal Tsai Po-yu, Staff Sergeant Chen Chih-chung, and Sergeant Amal Dakadu, were diagnosed with pulmonary edema and treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Tsai and Chen, unfortunately, passed away on Sunday and Monday, respectively.
The Naval Command held an interim press conference regarding the accident Monday afternoon. Lieutenant general Sun and others attended the meeting, observing a minute of silence out of respect of the marines before the conference began.
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